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I BOSOM IRONING BOARD. No. 284,697. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

,5. I C G r 0 NITED STATES JAMES O. WVELTY, OF NEVADA, OHIO.

BOSOM-IRONING BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 28 1,691 datedSeptember 11, 1883.

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To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES O. \VELTY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Nevada, county of lVyandot, and State of Ohio, have inventeda certain new and useful Bosom- Ironing Board, of which the following isa specification.

1 My invention relates to improvements in ironing-boards, in which thebosom-board proper is detachably connected with a supporting-frame,between which and the edges of the board the outer edges of theshirt-bosom are .held, and are designed to be supported upon the lap ofthe operator.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide for adj ustablytightening the bosomboard in its supporting-frame to adapt it forholding fabrics of varying thicknesses; second, to afford for the readyand easy attachment and detachment of the board from the frame; third,to provide means for locking the board to the frame after the board isadjusted to its operative position; and, finally, to distribute thestrain upon the bosom when stretched and clamped between the board andframe in two or more parallel lines extending the length of the bosom. Iattain these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of an ironingboard andsupporting-frame embodying my invention, showing the board swung uponthe pivot formed by the intersection of its opposite bevels with thoseof the frame, and in position to be attached to or detached from theframe; Fig. 2, a plan view of the top of the same; Fig. 3, a-cross-section on the line 00 x of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a plan view of thebottom of the board, showing the button for locking the same to theframe; Fig. 5, a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6, adetail perspective of one of the side bars, showing the shoulders uponthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

A A represent the side bars, and B B the end bars, of thesupporting-frame of the board. These side bars are inwardly beveledtoward the center of the frame for about half their length, as shown ata a, and are outwardly beveled the rest of their length, as shown at aa, and are supported on top of the end bars. As shown in Fig. 2, theside bars areslightly converged from their bottom ends; but they mayhave straight outer edges and converging inner edges, as desired, themain object in either case being to provide for the adj ustment of theboard between the inner and beveled edges of the frame.

0 represents the bosom-board,beveled at 00 and at c c, and wedge-shapedto correspond with theinner edges of the frame. The broad end of thebosom-board is provided with shoulders d d, andwith an extension, 6,corresponding, respectively, with the shoulders and neck band of theshirt, the shoulders being beveled upon their under side, as shown inFig. 4, to provide an edge over which the upper part of the bosom may bedrawn; but I do not consider it an essential part of my invention tobevel these shoulders. The end bar of the frame adjacent to the neck endof the board is'recessed, as shown at f, to prevent the fabric on theback of the shirt from clogging between said neck end and bar; but thesame object may be attained by any other suitable meansas, for instance,by recessing the neck end, or by raising the ends of the side bars, withwedges or blocks intermediate them and the end bar. 4

Referring to dotted lines g g in Fig. l and full lines 9 gin Figs. 5 and6, the intersections of the bevels upon each side of the frame and boardare correspondingly curved, and form shoulders connecting the bottomedges of the opposite bevels upon both the board and the frame. Theseshoulders form a bear ing upon which either the board or the frame hasapivo'tal movement when attaching them together, and by so doing serveto guide them to place for adjustment. v

Upon the under side of the board, and about midway its length, ispivoted a button, I, provided with fingenholes i i, and adapted to lockthe board to the frame when turned in the position shown in Fig. 4, itbeing of course understood that the button shall be friction-tight whenin that position upon the side bars.

In operation the board is swung to the position as shown in Fig. 1, andremoved from the frame, when, after placing it in position in the shirt,it is rested upon the knees of the shirt from the under side of theboard to ator, prevents the board from sliding longioperator, and theframe held at an angle and I swung upon it, care being taken that thebosom is smooth upon the board before wedging or tightening it in theframe, after which the button is turned to hold it inplace.

It will be noticed that when pulling the smooth the bosom the fabricwill be strained or stretched over the upper edge of the board and theunder edge of the frame, at one end of the same, or vice versa at theother end, so that there are two parallel lines of strain the length ofthe fabric, in consequence of which the strain is distributed betweenthese two edges, and the liability of the fabric to be torncorrespondingly lessened. Furthermore, by having two parallel edges overwhich to draw the fabric there is not the same liability of its recedingwhen the force drawing it is relaxed, for the reason that the combinedfriction of the two edges serves to hold the fabric to a certain extentafter being drawn over such edges.

Tightening the board by a movement parallel relative to the plane of thebosom has not the effect of further stretching the bosom, as is the casewhen the board is operated at a right angle to the plane of theshirt totighten it in the frame, like those commonly used,and hence theliability of the board itself to injure the bosom of the shirt islessened.

The button upon the under side of the board serves not only to lock theboard to the frame, but to clamp the fabric, after it is drawn over theedge of the frame, between such edge and the bottom, and to hold itstretched upon the board, even should the board become slightly loosenedin the frame. Furthermore, the button, by coming between the knees ofthe opertudinally when passing the iron over it. For the purpose oftightening the board when not wedge-shaped, the bevels are so formed asto sink the under, face of the board below the frame. The under edge ofthe square end of the board is then beveled, as shown at is, so thatwhen the board is shoved forward in the frame the beveled end will, bycontact with the end bar, B, be shoved upwardly at anangle to the planeof the frame and cause the respective bevels at each end to pinch.

WVhat I claim is t 1. The combination, with the frame inwardly beveledat one end and outwardly beveled at its outer end, of a bosom-boardcorrespondders, said board and frame having a wedge shape, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with the frame consisting of the side piecesreversely beveled at different portions of their length, as described,and end pieces attached to the under side of the same, of thebosom-board provided with beveled sides, as set forth, and a buttonpivoted to the under side of the board and engaging with the frame,substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the supportingframe inwardly beveled at a a andoutwardly beveled at a a, of a bosom-board correspondingly beveled andadapted to be secured in said frame, said board being provided withcurved shoulders and an extension corresponding, respectively, with theshoulders and neck of a shirt.

JAMES O. VELTY.

Witnesses: a

.JNo. G. ELLIOTT,

\VM. 0. WVHITING.

